Defense of the Mississippi
Item
Type
Autograph Draft Document
Title
Defense of the Mississippi
Description
Pending McHenry's approval, Hamilton has authorized the erection of a fort at Loftus's Height so long as it built within the estimate of the cost provided by General Wilkinson. He does not recommend paying for boats to transport 3,000 men down the Mississippi but the vessel is ready to transport the artillery and stores.
year created
1799
month created
10
day created
29
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 11/08/1799.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
General James Wilkinson
Quartermaster General
additional battalion for Georgia and Tennessee
General Pinckney
notable location
New York
the Mississippi
seat of government [Philadelphia]
notable item/thing
estimates of he cost of the water battery barracks & magazine which have been undertaken at Loftus's Height
cool season
passport from the President [Adams]
boats
vessel
artillery
convoy
insurance
moderate premium
notable phrase
...the cost of the fort proposed to be erected [at Loftus's Height] will about equal the sum of these estimates, say 16,000 dollars
I have authorized [General Wilkinson] to erect the work within a limit of expense conformable to his own calculation unless previous to his departure for the Mississippi he should receive a negative from you or by your direction
enclosed is an estimate of the cost of boats for transporting down the Mississippi three thousand men
I cease to recommend the measure as one immediately to be adopted
everything is doing to ready the vessel which is to transport artillery and stores
as it is to be a convoy and it is the property of the government, it is probable the insurance my be effected at a moderate premium
document number
1799102940000
Item sets
Document instances
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Alexander Hamilton | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |